Other Brain : From Dementia to Schizophrenia, How New Discoveries about the Brain Are Revolutionizing Medicine and Science

by R. Douglas, Ph.D. Fields

• ISBN13: 9780743291415
• ISBN10: 0743291417
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-12-29
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

Neurons fill only half the brain. The other half, consisting of the mysterious glial brain cells--whose function science is just beginning to understand--comes alive in this breakthrough book by an expert in the field. bw illustrations throughout.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. ix
Discovering the Other Brain
Bublle Wrap or Brilliant Glue?	p. 3
A Look Inside the Brain: The Cellular Components of the Brain	p. 16
Transmissions from the Other Brain: Glia Know and Control Your Mind	p. 48
Glia in Health and Disease
Mending the Mind: Glia Repairing Nervous System Damage and Disease	p. 65
Brain Cancer: Almost Nothing to Do with Neurons	p. 69
Brain and Spinal Cord Injury	p. 80
Infection	p. 107
Mental Health: Glia, Silent Partners in Mental Illness	p. 133
Neurodegenerative Disorders	p. 162
Glia and Pain: A Blessing and a Curse	p. 183
Glia and Addiction: A Neuron-Glia Dependence	p. 200
Mother and Child	p. 209
Aging: Glia Rage against the Dying Light	p. 233
Glia in Thought and Memory
The Mind of the Other Brain: Glia Controlling the Conscious and Unconscious Mind	p. 249
Memory and Brain Power beyond Neurons	p. 268
Thinking beyond Synapses	p. 280
Into the Future: The New Brain	p. 305
Glossary	p. 311
Notes	p. 323
Bibliography	p. 329
Index	p. 359
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